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THE  MILLENNIUM  OF  PEACE 

AND  THE  UPLIFT  OF  THE  NATIONS  OF 

THE  WORLD  FOR  JUSTICE  AND 

EQUAL  LIBERTY  TO  ALL  THE 

PEOPLE  OF  THE  WORLD 

JAMES  MICHAEL  CORDRAY 


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THIS  PHOTOGRAPH  SHOWS  "JAMES  MICHAEL  COR- 
DRAY,"  THE  AUTHOR,  WRITING  THE  CAUSE  OF  ALL 
WARS  FROM  "ADAM'S  TIME"  TO  THE  PRESENT  WARS. 
THE  GREED  OF  THE  COMMERCIAL  "TRADE  OF  COM- 
MERCE" OR  "GOLD  AND  LAND  TERRITORY"  AND  HIS 
"SIXTEEN  INTERNATIONAL  ARBITRATION  LAWS" 
WHICH  WILL  STOP  "ALL  WARS"  IN  THE  WORLD  FOR- 
EVER BY  HIS  INTERNATIONAL  ARBITRATION  LAWS  AND 
CAUSE  HAPPINESS  "TO  THE  PEOPLE  OF  EVERY  NATION 
OF  THE  WORLD,"  AND  CAUSE  THE  UPLIFT  OF  ALL  NA- 
TIONS :  TO  JUSTICE  AND  RIGHT  FOR  THE  PEOPLE  AND 
"MILLENNIUM  OF  PEACE."  THE  TRUTH  AND  RIGHT- 
EOUSNESS IS  SOWN  IN  PEACE  BY  THE  PEOPLE  THAT 
MAKE  PEACE  FOR  ALL  THE  PEOPLE  OF  THE  WORLD. 


Author. 


(COPYRIGHT,  1917,  REGISTERED  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES 
COPYRIGHT  OFFICE,  WASHINGTON,  D.  C,  BY  JAMES 
MICHAEL  CORDRAY,  THE  OWNER,  WHOSE  ADDRESS  IS 
3726-3726^  MAPLE  AVE.,  LOS  ANGELES,  CALIFORNIA, 
U.  S.  A.) 


JAMES  MICHAEL  CORDRAV  SAYS;  "Analyze  the  History 
of  every  Success;  it  must  be  the  history  of  one  man  to  start  it. 
Success  is  made  by  a  strong  Leader  who  lets  out  his  strength  by 
joining  strong  men  to  his  Ideas.  He  first  tests  them,  and  then 
trusts  them  and  knows  when  to  speak  and  when  to  keep  silent. 

The  leader  of  a  Nation  or  Business  for  the  good  of  his  country, 
or  for  the  Nations  of  the  World  must  not  only  work  like  a  MAX, 
but  to  reassure  them  he  must  have  the  Business  virtue  of  faith, 
hope  and  courage  to  believe  in  himself,  to  believe  in  his  Ideas,  to 
see  his  vision  rising  clear  and  complete  to  the  horizon,  where  others 
see  nothing  but  clouds. 

"Think,  don't  waste  time."  These  four  words  should  be  in  the 
mind  of  every  man,  woman  and  child.  Only  one  thing  we  have — 
that  is  time ;  in  time  we  live  and  do  our  work,  don't  waste  time,  use 
it.  Sleep,  work  and  think.  If  half  of  your  life  is  gone,  try  to  make 
the  other  half  as  useful  as  the  whole  life. 

USE  the  rays  of  light  and  opportunity  that  remain,  work  while 
there  is  opportunity,  using  your  own  Judgment,  for  it  will  be  found 
that  your  own  judgment  is  more  true  to  your  own  Ideas  than 
other  people's  judgment,  for  the  advice  others  give  you  that  they 
seldom  use  themselves. 

Always  live  for  the  good  you  can  do,  regardless  of  what  others 
say,  never  give  up,  but  keep  trying  to  succeed.  Never  give  up  a 
just  cause,  the  past  has  gone  never  to  return,  but  do  better  in  the 
Future,  for  CHRIST  did  not  give  up  when  he  was  criticised  by  all 
doubters  and  the  rulers  of  the  world  ;  for  Caesar,  Pilate,  Jerusalem 
and  the  Roman  Empire  have  passed  away,  but  Christ's  teachings 
and  deeds  still  live,  so  it  is  with  all  things  that  are  founded  on  a 
solid  foundation  of  faith  for  the  Benefit  of  the  Human  Race. 

You  are  not  an"  asset  because  "you  are  in  a  position  to  interfere" 
and  discourage  and  check  enterprise  for  the  benefit  of  the  people. 
Don't  delude  yourself,  that  it  is  your  efficiency  which  enables  you 
to  prevail  over  others.  "An  Idiot"  can  destroy  the  life  work  of 
a  "GENIUS;"  an  INVENTOR  may  hammer  away  for  years,  the 
same  tools  in  the  hands  of  a  FOOL  can  destroy  his  product  in  an 
instant. 

GOVERNMENTS  are  built  up  and  destroyed;  Monarchs  flour- 
ish and  pass  away ;  New  Governments  are  formed  and  built  up  by 
the  people  and  destroyed  by  the  Money  Kings.  These  leaders  come 
and  go  the  same  as  the  Spring  Leaves,  and  fall  like  the  leaves  from 
the  trees  in  the  Fall. 

Governments  are  shorter  lived  than  the  trees  of  the  forest.  The 
Glory  of  the  EARTH  is  Great  and  full  of  brilliancy.  The  PRIZES 
of  this  world  are  tempting  and  it  is  a  Noble  Thing  to  be  the  first  in 

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your  COUNTRY  or  GOVERNMENT,  but  that  ambition  has  ruined 
more   governments  than  the   Fall  of   Babylon   ever   DREAMED   of. 

Because  the  flowers  of  the  grass  shall  pass  away,  for  the  sun  is 
no  sooner  risen  with  a  burning  heat,  but  it  Withereth,  the  grass  and 
the  flowers  thereof  falleth  and  the  grace  of  the  fashion  of  it  perisheth 
—So,  also  shall  the  rich  man  fade  away,  for  the  rich  man  has 
been  the  destroyer  of  every  Government  from  the  Days  of  Adam 
to  the  present  time,  for  Wisdom  comes  only  from  GOD  to  the  pure 
and  Humble  People. 

From  whence  come  Wars  and  fighting  among  Nations — it  comes 
from  Greed  of  the  commercial  Dollar  (whether  it  be  gold  or  land 
territory)  to  enslave  the  people  for  the  "Lust  of  the  Rich." 

For  how  many  WARS  have  been  brought  on  by  Traitors  to 
their  own  country  that  were  hired  by  Rich  People  and  High  Officials 
to  murder  some  of  Their  Citizens  in  order  to  have  an  Excuse  to  go 
to  war  with  another  Country ;  That  kind  of  Traitors  have  lived 
and  will  live  in  every  Country  of  the  World. 

There  is  another  class  that  always  Advocates  for  being  pre- 
pared for  war,  that  by  the  JINGO  PRESS,  and  Politicians  to  advo- 
cate their  interest  for  War — that  class  is  the  most  to  be  feared  for 
those  that  advocate  for  War  never  go  to  defend  their  country  when 
war  comes,  those  are  the  rich  and  big  interests  and  the  JINGO 
Politicians.  They  always  advocate  war  to  settle  all  Nation  and 
National  Disputes,  but  when  war  comes,  that  class  never  go  to  the 
front  to  help  defend  their  country  in  War,  they  always  have  the 
excuse  that  they  can  serve  their  country's  interest  better  by  staying 
at  home  to  help  the  poor  people,  but  the  poor  people  have  to  go  to 
the  front  to  defend  their  country  in  War.  The  rich  people  call  that 
patriotism,  but  if  the  rich  people  were  compelled  to  go  to  the  front 
to  defend  their  country  in  War  they  would  not  be  so  BOASTFUL 
about  their  patriotism ;  then  patriotism  would  be  a  thing  of  the  past 
with  them. 

What  is  real  patriotism?  It  is  and  means  JUSTICE  to  one  and 
everyone  alike,  regardless  of  money  or  high  political  or  financial 
standing  to  save  your  COUNTRY'S  PEOPLE  and  better  their 
condition  by  Adjustment  and  settle  all  Disputes  by  ARBITRATION. 
Going  to  war,  having  your  Citizens  killed  and  Bankrupt  your  coun- 
try for  a  few  big  financial  interests  is  not  patriotism,  for  going  to 
war  to  satisfy  some  Traitor  to  your  country  and  to  your  govern- 
ment never  yet  has  righted  a  wrong,  for  GOD  never  taught  war  for 
patriotism,  he  said,  "Do  by  others  as  you  wished  to  be  done  by/' 
which  meant  to  settle  all  disputes  whatever  it  was  by  MUTUAL 
agreement,  in  other  words  meant  Arbitration. 

Now  I  do  not  believe  in  war,  for  I  believe  in  adjustment  and 
settling  all  NATIONAL  AND  INTERNATIONAL  "Every  Dispute" 
bv  Arbitration. 


\Yhy  is  it  that  every  war  that  is  fought  to  a  finish  or  to  a  draw 
in  the  end  everyone — the  winning'  and  losing  Xations  in  the  war  for 
the  last  two  thousand  years  from  CAESAR'S  time  to  the  Present 
time  have  always  selected  and  appointed  a  few  officials  from  both 
the  winning  and  losing  sides  to  draw  up  their  treaty  PAPERS  to 
what  terms  they  will  pay  and  adjust  their  settlement  of  Dollars  or 
Territory  to  the  winning  and  also  losing  Nations  in  war. 

If  they  can  agree  on  terms  after  the  war  is  over,  why  can't  they 
settle  it  to  start  before  they  go  to  war  and  save  their  country's  loss 
in  Citizens  and  money—  but  they  halloo  patriotism  and  after  the  war 
is  over,  and  have  lost  their  best  citizens  and  financial  ruin  stares  the 
people  in  the  face,  then  the  common  people,  which  represents  eighty 
per  cent  of  the  Population  of  each  Nation,  the  UNITED  STATES 
OR  EUROPE  or  any  other  nation  of  the  world  that  is  taxed  for 
generations  to  come  to  pay  off  the  war  debts.  There  is  a  lot  of 
patriotism  in  paying  off  the  War  Debts  that  could  have  been  saved 
by  using  good  honest  judgment  to  start  with,  and  Arbitrated  their 
country's  National  Difference  and  saved  their  citizens  and  financial 
Loss. 

Adam  and  Eve — their  two  first  sons  Cain  and  Abel  fought  the 
first  War,  the  cause  of  every  war,  from  the  time  that  Cain  slew  his 
brother  Abel  to  the  present  war  has  been  the  GREED  OF  THE 
Commercial  Gold  or  Land  Territory  to  out-do  your  Rival  in  business. 

And  all  the  wars  from  Abraham  to  David  fourteen  generations 

was  fought  for  the  Greed  of  commercial  gold  and  land  territory  and 
all  the  wars  from  David's  time  to  the  fall  of  BABYLON  FOUGHT 
by  HELSHAZER  AND  CYRUS  THE  INVADERS  and  other  Four- 
teen Generations  was  fought  for  the  commercial  gold  and  Territory. 

And,  from  Babylon  Reign  to  the  Fall  of  Babylon  to  Christ's  com- 
ing was  Fourteen  Generations,  all  those  to  Caesar  Ruling  of  the 
Roman  Empire  which  wars  were  all  fought  for  the  commercial  gold 
and  land  GREED. 

From  Caesar's  Time  to  the  present,  wars  have  been  fought  for 
the  GREED  of  the  commercial  Gold  and  land  territory  which  from 
the  time  CAESAR  ROMAN  EMPIRE  was  destroyed  by  war  two 
thousand  years  ago.  All  the  wars  from  CAESAR'S  Time  to  the 
European  present  war  have  been  fought  on  the  same  Greed  to 
out-do  your  rival  in  business  for  the  greed  of  the  commercial  gold 
or  land  territory. 

The  only  remedy  to  do  away  with  war  is  to  have  a  social  agree- 
ment among  all  the  laborers  of  every  Nation  of  the  world  regardless 
of  Nationality  or  Religion  refusing  to  go  to  Avar,  but  demanding 
that  all  international  disputes  be  settled  by  ARBITRATION  with 
every  Nation  of  the  world  by  the  SIXTEEN  INTERNATIONAL 
ARBITRATION  LAWS  Named  to  the  Justice  and  Freedom  and 


Equal  Rights  to  every  Xation  of  the  world  regardless  of  their  na- 
tionality or  religion  or  wealth  or  commercial  resources — Then  will 
the  uplift  of  every  nation  be  for  PEACE  AND  THE  MILLEN- 
NIUM OF  PEACE  RULE. 

While  the  Civil  War  in  the  United  States  of  1861  to  1865  was 
the  most  costly  and  destructive  war  in  America  so  far — yet  never- 
theless the  southern  states  lost — yet  it  cost  them  $1,000,000,000  in 
money  and  other  Billions  of  Dollars  in  Property  that  was  destroyed 
and  lost  their  3,000,000  colored  slaves  being  freed  by  Secretary 
Seward's  Emancipation  Proclamation  in  1865  while  secretary  of  Presi- 
dent Lincoln  and  Southern  soldiers  killed  and  crippled  were  350.000 
out  of  their  900,000  soldiers  on  the  Southern  side. 

In  the  Northern  States,  that  represented  the  Union  or  the  United 
States,  out  of  a  million  soldiers  370,000  soldiers  were  killed  and 
crippled  and  the  $2,000,000,000  War  debt  caused  by  that  war  and 
the  interest  paid  out,  pensions  paid  out  to  the  Union  soldiers  since 
that  War,  all  amounts  to  $19,000,000,000  and  that  War  Debt  has 
not  been  only  half  paid  off  of  what  it  wras  to  start  with,  yet  it  has 
been  fifty  years  since  that  war  ceased  and  it  will  take  $10,0*00,000,000 
more  before  that  war  debt  is  paid  off. 

If  the  slaves  had  been  freed  by  Arbitration  and  the  slave  owners 
been  paid  a  fair  price  of  what  the  slave  owners  had  paid  for  their 
slaves,  how  much  better  it  would  have  been,  but  it  was  not  done 
for  the  Jingo  politicians  were  the  same  in  those  days  as  they  are 
today  and  would  much  rather  go  to  war  than  settle  a  just  cause  by 
paying  for  what  the  north  sold  to  the  south,  their  slaves,  that  war 
debt  caused  by  that  war  would  have  paid  over  seven  hundred  dollars 
to  every  slave  owner  for  every  slave  that  was  freed,  and  the  Govern- 
ment would  have  saved  more  money  by  paying  for  their  freedom 
than  by  going  to  war  and  saving  their  soldiers'  lives  and  the 
hatred  that  war  has  caused  might  have  been  prevented. 

If  my  plan  of  Arbitration  had  been  in  force  that  war  never  could 
have  happened  for  all  the  difference  would  have  been  Arbitrated  to 
the  Justice  of  all  concerned. 

The  same  is  true  of  the  war  of  the  Revolution  in  1776.  The 
Boston  Tea  Tax  that  caused  that  war  was  an  unjust  Tax  that 
England  enforced  upon  the  American  Colonies,  or  the  Thirteen 
original  states  and  territories  which  became  the  Government  of  the 
UNITED  STATES.  That  tax  started  the  revolution  that  caused 
the  United  States  Government  to  be  formed.  If  Arbitration  had  been 
in  force  then,  the  war  and  also  the  tea  tax  would  have  been  ad- 
justed by  Arbitration  without  having  war. 

Also  the  war  in  1812  regarding  the  high  seas,  in  which  England 
claimed  the  right  to  search  the  American  ships,  would  not  have  been 
started  had  Arbitration  been  in  force. 


There  would  have  been  no  Spanish-American  War  in  1898  had 
the  law  taken  hold  of  things,  and  Arbitration  been  put  in  force.  The 
real  Traitors  that  had  to  do  with  the  ''Blowing  up''  of  the  Maine 
would  have  been  justly  executed,  and  saved  a  loss  of  38,000  soldiers 
dead  and  crippled  and  a  war  Debt  to  the  United  States  of  $400,- 
000,000  and  Spain's  War  Debt  of  $500,000,000,  and  also  Spain's  loss 
of  Territory  to  the  value  of  Ten  Billion  Dollars. 

And  indeed,  it  is  the  same  with  the  Present  European  and  Asian 
War.  It  is  Costing  them  all  combined  about  $100,000,000  per  day 
or  $36,000,000,000  a  year,  while  England's  present  war  debt  through 
this  war  is  $9,000,000,000  so  far,  and  soldiers  killed  and  crippled  is 
one  million.  *  The  war  debt  so  far  created  by  this  war  is  equal  to 
every  person  living  in  England,  and  each  one  would  have  to  pay  the 
sum  of  $785  each  to  pay  off  this  war  debt.  If  the  war  would  come 
to  an  end  now,  the  debt  would  be  as  formerly  mentioned,  but  should 
it  continue  at  the  rate  it  is  costing,  it  means  Bankruptcy  for  the 
people.  If  this  war  debt  had  been  used  to  buy  homes  for  the  people 
it  would  have  bought  a  home  for  one-fourth  of  the  People  living 
in  England,  but  it  is  instead  spent  for  war — gone — and  will  never 
do  any  good  for  its  people.  Would  it  not  have  been  better  to  have 
Arbitrated  and  made  some  sort  of  a  peace  betwreen  England  and 
Germany?  Think  what  loss  of  life  and  debt  it  would  have  prevented. 
The  people  of  said  countries  will  be  taxed  for  Twenty  Generations 
to  pay  off  this  war  debt. 

Let  us  turn  to  France.  This  war  has  cost  France  $7,500,000,000 
so  far  and  loss  of  1,500,000  soldiers,  which  have  been  killed,  560,000 
crippled  for  life,  and  Territory  Loss,  value  equal  to  five  billions  of 
dollars,  which  if  the  same  money  had  been  used  to  buy  homes  for 
the  French  people,  would  have  bought  a  home  for  one-third  of  the 
people  living  in  France,  but  this  money  is  gone  never  to  return 
again.  It  would  seem  that  they  would  think  before  it  is  too  late, 
just  what  could  have  been  saved  to  France,  if  its  difference  between 
Germany,  Austria  and  Turkey  should  have  been  Arbitrated  and 
saved  this  great  loss  both  in  citizens  and  money. 

The  same  is  true  of  Germany.  This  war  has  cost  her  $9,000,- 
000,000,  and  soldiers  killed  and  crippled  over  two  million.  The 
Principal  and  interest  on  Germany's  war  debt  created  by  this  war 
is  equal  to  enough  money  to  buy  a  home  for  one-fourth  of  the  people 
of  the  German  Empire,  if  it  had  been  used  for  that  purpose  which 
would  have  been  much  better  than  going  to  war.  How  much  better 
it  would  have  been  had  Germany  Arbitrated  her  difference  with 
France,  Russia  and  Italy,  in  the  beginning  and  saved  this  great 
loss  of  German  Citizens  and  soldiers  lives  and  money. 

The  same  thing  absolutely  is  true  of  Austria.  This  war  has 
cost  this  Nation  $6,500,000,000  in  money,  and  soldiers  killed  and 
crippled  amount  to  over  a  million.  If  this  money  had  been  used 


to  buy  homes  for  the  people  in  Austria,  it  would  have  bought  a  home 
for  one-seventh  of  the  people  in  Austria.  How  much  better  it  would 
have  been  if  they  had  only  Arbitrated  and  saved  this  war  loan, 
soldiers  and  many  other  things  that  have  been  destroyed  throughout 
the  whole  country. 

Italy  has  spent  in  money  and  loss  in  money  that  this  war  alone 
has  caused  her  to  lose  is  $5,000,000,COO  and  soldiers  killed  340,000  and 
property  loss  would  have  bought  a  home  for  one-fifth  of  the  popu- 
lation in  Italy  so  far,  yet — this-^var  has  brought  nothing  but  destruc- 
tion to  Italy  and  no  gain  whatsoever. 

Turkey  has  spent  Billions  of  dollars  and  has  lost  over  one  mil- 
lion soldiers  and  nothing  has  been  gained,  naught — but  has  brought 
her  land  into  destruction.  Again  Arbitration  would  have  worked 
its  wonders,  and  that  would  have  prevented  the  poverty);  and  strife 

and  its  people  would  know  no  wants.  '/ 

/* 

Russia  has  spent  so  far  $10,000,000,000  in  money  and*  territory. 
Her  loss  of  domain  reaches  the*  value  of  $20.000,000,000.  If  this 
money  had  been  used  in  providing  homes  for  the  Russian  people  it 
would  have  given  a  farm  to  one-Siird  of  the  people  in  Russia.  Had 
Arbitration  been  in  force,  this  destruction  would  not  have  occurred. 
This  is  what  TANGLE  ALLIANCE  with  other  nations  has  done 
for  Russia — brought  ruin  and  destruction  and  misery  in  place  of 
happiness  and  peace. 

The  same  with  Servia,  THE  ORIGINAL  CAUSE  of  this  war. 
The  Servians  have  lost  their  country,  and  loss  in  life  in  property 
and  many  other  things  have  ruined  Servia.  If  there  had  but  been 
INTERNATIONAL  ARBITRATION  in  force,  this  war  would 
never  occurred.  SERVIA  would  have  saved  or  rather  prevented 
all  this  strife  in  the  European  and  Asian  war,  and  would  have  kept 
all  other  nations  out  of  the  war,  which  have  entered  and — that  may 
yet  enter  same. 

Belgium  that  this  war  has  caused  its  greatest  loss  is  now  a 
nation  without  a  country,  all  caused  by  being  in  Triple  Alliance  on  one 
side  including  England,  France,  Russia  and  Servia. 

The  Teutonic  Alliance  on  the  other  side  including  Germany, 
Austria-Hungary,  Bulgaria  and  Turkey  is  what  has  caused  this  world 
war  in  Europe  and  Asia,  and  which  may  Spread  to  other  Nations  yet, 
that  call  themselves  neutral. 

For  when  any  two  or  more  Nations  pledge  Alliance  to  stand  to- 
gether to  help  each  other  "In  case  of  War"  against  any  other  na- 
tions of  Alliance,  then,  and  only  then,  they  have  created  enemity 
against  the  opposite  alliance  which  in  the  end  means  War. 

Do  not  blame  EUROPE  and  ASIA  now  because  they  are  at 
War,  or  any  individual  nation,  for  this  war  for  the  reason  that 

8 


under  the  present  system  of  the  so-called  international  law  it  is 
considered  right  for  any  two  or  more  nations  to  form  a  secret  alliance 
against  any  other  nation  that  is  in  a  secret  alliance,  for  in  the  end 
no  right  can  come  of  it,  and  war  is  the  only  outcome.  They  are 
driven  to  war  at  the  least  offense. 

For  instance,  the  Alliance  of  England,  France,  Russia,  Servia, 
Belgium,  Italy  and  Japan,  on  one  side,  and  the  other  side  of  the 
Teutonic  Alliance  including  Germany,  Austria-Hungary,  Bulgaria 
and  Turkey,  each  alliance  of  nations  is  trying  to  destroy  the  other 
alliance  of  nations  in  this  war,  but  they  are  only  doing  what  every 
war  has  done  from  the  First  War  in  the  world,  right  in  the  be- 
ginning, when  Cain  slew  his  brother  Abel,  because  Abel's  herds  were 
more  valuable  than  his  own  crops  were.  Immediately  that  caused 
enmity,  therefore  Cain  killed  Abel  so  he  would  not  have  a  Rival  in 
Easiness — so  it  has  followed  from  that  time  to  the  present  time — to 
destroy  your  rival  in  business — so  the  war  in  Europe  and  Asia  now 
is  in  the  same  condition — to  destroy  each  other  for  the  Commercial 
Greed  of  Gold  in  Business. 

And,  the  nations  that  call  themselves  Neutral  will  most  prob- 
ably be  at  war  on  the  same  conditions  before  another  five  years 
elapse,  unless  the  INTERNATIONAL  LAWS  ARE  CHANGED, 
altered  so  to  a  point  that  there  cannot  be  any  more  war,  to  settle 
disputes  in  a  way  as  to  avoid  same,  but  to  be  compelled  to  Arbitrate 
all  nations  and  settle  disputes  by  an  INTERNATIONAL  ARBI- 
TRATION LAW,  backed  up  by  the  International  Arbitration  Board 
of  Directors  of  every  Nation  of  the  world. 

The  way  things  are  now,  any  nation  can  offer  enough  excuses 
to  go  into  war  against  each  other  under  the  present  international 
laws. 

But  alter  that  International  Law,  make  it  a  law  that  every 
nation  of  the  World  will  have  to  be  a  part  of,  there  will  be  but 
one  Alliance  of  the  whole  world,  no  secrecy,  no  enmity,  no  hatred, 
and  war  will  be  done  away  with  forever. 

In  that  way  there  could  be  no  possible  cause  for  war,  for  how 
can  there  be,  when  all  nations  are  as  one.  The  International  Army 
and  Navy  would  be  stationed  all  over  the  world  to  guard  against 
any  insurrection  or  attempt  of  war  to  protect  the  people  of  each 
nation  of  the  world  alike. 

If  all  nations  of  the  world  had  belonged  to  the  International 
Arbitration  Alliance  backed  up  by  these  laws,  this  war  never  would 
have  taken  place.  The  International  Arbitration  law  would  have 
justly  executed  the  persons  who  had  first  started  all  the  confusion 
in  Servia,  and  thus  prevented  war. 

Let  the  international  Arbitration  laws  be  known  as  the  Sixteen 
International  Arbitrational  laws  to  abide  by  and  Govern  every  Na- 


tional  Dispute,  and  the  Nations  of  the  world  namely:  From  the 
first  law  to  the  last  of  the  sixteen  international  Arbitration  laws, 
TO  GIVE  JUSTICE  AXD  RIGHT  to  every  nation  of  the  world 
and  to  each  citizen  of  each  and  every  nation  equally  to  abide  by 
these  laws  to  the  letter  of  each  one  of  these  sixteen  laws,  to  bring 
the  uplift  of  every  nation  of  the  world  to  Justice,  and  the  MILLEN- 
NIUM OF  PEACE  TO  ALL  THE  PEOPLE. 

The  First  Law  of  the  International  Board  of  Arbitration  law 
makers  will  be  that  a  member  of  that  board  must  be  elected  by 
the  POPULAR  VOTE  of  the  Nation  that  has  sent  him,  and  one 
member  from  each  nation  of  the  World  to  represent  the  nation  that 
sent  him  as  their  representative,  as  their  international  Arbitration 
law  maker,  that  man  that  is  selected  must  be  a  native  born  citizen 
of  the  nation  that  has  sent  him  as  their  representative,  and  every 
nation  of  the  world  shall  have  one  member  on  the  Board  of  the 
International  Arbitration  law  makers. 

(LAW   NUMBER  TWO) 

The  member  of  the  International  Board  of  Arbitration  of  Law 
Makers  shall  be  a  native  born  citizen  of  his  nation  that  sent  him  as 
their  representative,  and  he  must  be  thirty-five  years  of  age  or  more 
to  be  eligible  as  a  member,  and  he  must  be  elected  by  the  Popular 
vote  of  his  nation,  and  receive  the  highest  number  of  votes  of  any 
candidate  that  runs  for  that  office,  and  no  person  can  be  a  member 
of  the  International  Arbitration  Board  of  Law  Makers,  who  has 
property  or  money,  if  he  has  either  Property  or  money  he  must  give 
it  away  to  charity  or  to  charity  institutions  before  he  can  become  a 
member  of  the  International  Arbitration  Board  of  Law  Makers,  and 
he  must  renounce  all  political  parties  and  Sovereign  rights  to  any 
titles  in  any  Nation  or  his  own  native  country,  and  once  elected  to 
the  International  Arbitration  Board  of  Law  Makers,  he  cannot  hold 
any  other  office  but  the  office  of  the  International  Board  'of  Arbitra- 
tion Lawmaker,  after  elected  a  member  of  the  International  Board 
he  cannot  receive  any  gifts  or  money  in  any  shape  or  form  from 
any  person  or  friend,  for  himself  or  for  his  family  or  relatives,  for 
if  he  does  accept  any  money  or  property  from  any  one,  except  his 
salary  from  the  Nation  of  Five  thousand  dollars,  he  shall  be  court- 
martialed  and  executed  for  receiving  the  same.  And  every  member 
of  the  Board  of  the  International  Arbitration  Lawmakers  shall  be 
elected  for  life,  and  shall  be  paid  FIVE  THOUSAND  DOL- 
LARS per  year  salary  for  his  services  on  the  International  Board 
of  Lawmakers,  and  once  elected  he  cannot  resign,  for  he  is  elected 
for  life.  And  if  any  member  or  representative  dies,  then  that  Na- 
tion which  he  represents  must  call  another  election  and  elect  a  new 
representative  immediately,  which  election  is  also  to  be  for  life.  The 
widow  of  the  dead  Representative  should  receive  a  pension  of 
twenty-five  hundred  dollars  a  year. 

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(LAW  NUMBER  THREE) 

The  International  Board  of  Arbitration  Lawmakers  shall  meet 
once  a  week,  and  if  there  is  any  grievance  of  any  kind,,  or  dispute 
submitted  by  any  Nation,  it  shall  judge  the  evidence  that  is  laid 
before  it  by  the  Nations  that  file  the  complaint,  from  both  sides 
of  the  matter,  whatever  it  may  be,  and  if  the  evidence  warrants  more 
dates  of  evidence  on  it,  it  shall  be  given  to  the  International  Arbi- 
tration Board  of  Lawmakers  from  the  countries  and  nations  that 
filed  the  complaint  then,  the  members  of  the  International  Board  of 
Arbitration  Lawmakers  must  vote  on  the  disputed  question  that 
has  arisen,  to  what  nation  shall  be  paid  for  its  just  rights  from  the 
nation  that  it  had  its  just  cause  for  filing  its  complaint,  and  the 
majority  of  the  VOTES  of  the  International  Board  of  Arbitration 
Lawmakers  shall  be  the  terms  that  the  disputing  nation  or  nations 
shall  settle  for,  and  that  vote  shall  be  final ;  there  shall  be  no  appeal. 

(LAW  NUMBER  FOUR) 

In  deciding  all  disputes  the  International  Board  of  Arbitration 
Lawmakers,  shall  be  guided  by  a  set  of  rules  in  the  so-called  by-laws 
that  it  can  arrive  at  a  quick  decision,  in  deciding  all  International 
disputes  of  any  nation  or  nations  of  the  world,  it  shall  be  a  law  that 
if  any  citizen  of  a  nation  is  killed  by  any  other  nation,  that  other 
nation  or  nation's  citizens  or  citizen  shall  be  made  to  pay  five 
thousand  dollars  for  every  citizen  killed  or  murdered  and  the  money 
to  be  paid  to  the  family  of  the  person  killed  or  if  without  family, 
it  should  be  paid  to  the  next  nearest  relatives,  and  the  person  or 
persons  that  are  guilty  of  the  act,  shall  be  caught  and  executed, 
and  if  he  can  be  caught  dead  or  alive,  and  if  any  other  nation 
or  nations  try  to  take  territory  or  do  take  territory  from  any  other 
nation,  then,  that  land  or  sea  territory  shall  be  returned  back  to 
the  nation  that  owned  it,  and  the  nation  that  attempted  to  take  and 
did  take  the  territory,  that  nation  shall  be  forced  to  pay  all  cost 
in  said  case  of  damages  that  were  done  or  caused  to  the  property 
and  territory  that  it  did  take,  and  the  International  army  shall  see 
that  these  laws  are  .lived  up  to.  Commerce  on  the  high  seas  and 
all  seas  of  the  navigation  of  the  world  shall  be  free  to  every  nation 
of  the  world  to  sail  on  without  interruption.  If  any  nation  attempts 
to  and  does  interrupt  with  the  high  sea  navigation  traffic  in  any  way, 
said  nation  which  interferes  shall  be  notified  by  the  International 
Arbitration  Board  of  Lawmakers  backed  up  by  the  notice  to  discon- 
tinue interfering  with  the  sea  traffic  of  navigation  and  made  to  stop 
it  immediately.  The  International  Arbitration  Lawmakers,  who  shall 
instruct  the  NAVY,  and  it  shall  patrol  all  the  high  seas  of  navi- 
gation, water  or  through  the  air,  to  see  that  every  nation  lives  up  to 
the  International  Laws.  If  any  nation  or  nations  disregard  that 
law,  it  will  be  made  to  pay  double  the  price  of  the  value  of  that 
interference  of  the  high  seas,  or  navigation  on  water  or  air.  The 

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International  NAVY  will  take  the  Captain  from  any  and  every 
ship  or  boat,  who  has  used  conveyances  that  have  in  any  way  or 
ways  disregarded  the  International  Arbitration  laws,  and  the  Law- 
makers' warning,  and  in  that  way  the  commerce  of  the  world  will 
be  protected,  and  carried  on  in  a  square  and  legitimate  way. 

(LAW  NUMBER  FIVE) 

Every  Nation  or  Nations  of  the  world  shall  be  compelled  to 
live  up  to  the  laws  of  the  International  Board  of  Lawmakers,  and 
any  person  or  persons  in  any  Nation  or  Nations  who  attempts  to 
start  or  does  start  an  insurrection  to  aggrandize  his  interest,  or 
that  of  another,  or  for  political  purposes  and  who  publishes  in  his, 
or  any  other  newspaper  or  newspapers,  things  that  are  untrue  against 
any  other  nation  or  nations,  he  shall  be  referred  to  the  International 
Arbitration  Board  of  Lawmakers  for  a  vote  on  the  published  state- 
ments. It  shall  be  a  law  that  every  published  statement  in  any  news- 
paper or  magazine  shall  be  signed  by  the  real  AUTHOR  BY  HIS 
OWN  SIGNATURE.  In  that  way  every  person  will  know  who  the 
real  advocators  of  the  statements  are,  and  who  are  the  guilty  person 
or  persons,  and  if  the  published  statements  are  found  to  be  without 
truth,  the  law  shall  abide  saying  that  all  published  statements,  untrue, 
would  be  to  have  those  persons  or  person  punished  by  death  as  an 
act  of  TREASON. 

(LAW  NUMBER  SIX) 

All  members  of  the  International  Board  of  Arbitration  Law- 
makers shall  be  put  in  a  selected  place,  with  good  homes — a  place 
that  is  not  near  any  large  city.  But  they  are  to  have  a  small 
allotted  territory  set  aside  for  their  homes  for  always,  and  for  their 
families  and  that  place  is  to  be  exclusive  for  their  own  use  and 
families  and  no  other  person  or  persons  shall  be  allowed  to  go 
there,  excepting  the  International  soldiers  that  are  to  guard  them. 
These  soldiers  are  to  be  changed  every  day,  and  are  to  guard  the 
selected  territory,  that  is,  the  homes  and  the  Lawmakers  capital  of 
the  International  Arbitration  Lawmakers,  and  all  the  soldiers  shall 
be  prohibited  from  conversing  with  anyone  while  on  duty,  guarding 
the  International  Arbitration  Board  of  Lawmakers,  while  they  are 
in  session,  and  the  International  Arbitration  Board  or  Members  of 
the  Lawmakers  shall  be  paid  their  salary  once  every  month  by  a 
check  drawn  on  the  Nation  that  he  represents.  The  money  shall 
be  accounted  for  by  an  Auditor  who  is  to  see  that  every  one  of 
the  representatives  of  the  International  Arbitration  Board  of  Law- 
makers shall  receive  his  pay.  and  everyone  of  the  International 
Arbitration  Lawmakers  shall  be  made  to  give  a  statement  of  all 
of  their  family's  expenses,  and  it  shall  be  made  a  national  accounting 
and  published  at  the  end  of  every  month  so  that  the  world  will 
know  the  cost  in  running  the  International  Arbitration  Lawmakers, 
and  their  capital. 

12 


(LAW    NUMBER   SEVEN) 

If  any  government  official  of  any  Nation  or  Nations  attempts  to 
influence  or  bribe  any  member  of  the  International  Arbitration  Board 
of  Lawmakers  or  has  published  in  any  newspaper  or  magazine,  any- 
thing that  may  influence  any  member  or  members  of  the  Interna- 
tional Arbitration  Board  of  Lawmakers  in  their  decision  or  decisions, 
he  shall  be  considered  guilty  of  an  act  of  TREASON,  and  those  who 
have  committed  said  crime,  shall  be  put  to  death  for  such  ACTS. 

(LAW   NUMBER   EIGHT) 

It  shall  be  an  act  of  treason  for  any  person  or  persons  or  cor- 
poration or  bank  to  loan  money  to  or  advance  or  finance  or  to  buy 
bonds  from  any  nation  for  war,  or  equip  in  any  way  things  that  are 
used  in  \var  or  to  furnish  money  to  any  one  to  start  a  war,  or 
insurrection  or  riots  in  any  nation  or  nations  either  foreign  nations, 
or  their  own  nation  or  country,  and  the  person  or  persons  who 
shall  be  guilty  of  such  an  act  shall  be  put  to  death  by  the  Interna- 
tional Army  and  Navy,  the  motion  being  seconded  by  the  Inter- 
national Arbitration  Board  of  Law  Makers. 

(LAW  NUMBER  NINE) 

All  submarine  boats  of  every  kind  shall  be  done  away  with,  and 
not  be  allowed  to  be  manufactured  any  more,  as  they  will  not  be 
needed.  Also,  all  Armour  plates  shall  be  done  away  with,  and  all 
big  guns  shall  be  prohibited  from  ever  being  used  again,  as  they  will 
not,  and  shall  not  be  allowed  to  be  manufactured  by  anyone  in  the 
world.  No  one  shall  ever  be  allowed  to  manufacture  either  one  .of 
these  articles,  submarines  or  armour  plate,  nor  powder,  either  large 
guns  or  small  ones,  or  fire  arms  of  any  kind  again,  for  what  revolvers 
and  small  rifles  or  powder  that  the  International  Army  and  Navy 
may  need,  shall  be  manufactured  by  the  International  Gun  Manu- 
facturing and  Ammunition  Company,  which  shall  be  owned  by  all 
the  Nations  of  the  wrorld,  but  run  by  the  International  Army 
:ind  Navy,  and  International  Arbitration  Board  of  Lawmakers.  What 
revolvers  that  are  to  be  needed  by  every  nation  and  nations  of  the 
world  for  police  in  cities,  and  sheriffs  in  counties  shall  all  be  made 
by  the  International  Gun  Manufacturing  Company  that  is  to  be 
controlled  by  the  International  Army  and  Navy,  and  the  Interna- 
tional Board  of  Lawmakers,  and  all  revolvers  that  are  used  and 
delivered  to  all  police  and  sheriffs  of  every  nation  of  the  world  shall 
be  accounted  for  by  the  Army  to  the  police  and  sheriffs  of  each 
nation,  and  police  and  sheriffs  shall  be  accountable  to  the  Interna- 
tional Army  and  International  Arbitration  Board  of  Lawmakers. 
It  shall  be  considered  a  crime  for  any  policeman  or  sheriff  to  use  a 
revolver  or  gun  in  any  way  or  shape  or  form,  except  in  arresting  a 
criminal,  and  all  persons  of  the  world  shall  be  prohibited  from  ever 
owning  a  gun  or  to  have  any  fire  arms  or  explosives  under  penalty  of 

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being  put  to  death  or  put  in  the  International  Army  and  forced  to  re- 
main there  the  rest  of  his  life.  No  policeman  or  sheriff  shall  be  allowed 
to  carry  a  gun  or  fire  arms  except  while  on  duty  during  his  lawful 
hours  of  work ;  when  this  day  of  work  is  over,  the  revolvers  or 
fire  arms  shall  be  returned  to  the  city  guard  department,  where 
they  shall  be  kept  and  accounted  for  by  the  International  soldiers 
and  Navy  regulation  store  houses. 

(LAW   NUMBER   TEN) 

The  powder  manufacturing  companies  of  every  kind  in  the  world 
shall  be  closed,  and  shall  be  prohibited  from  ever  manufacturing  any 
kind  of  explosive  powders  or  any  other  kind  of  explosives,  and  all 
powder  that  is  to  be  manufactured  for  the  International  Army  and 
Navy,  also  all  powder  that  is  to  be  used  in  mining  or  blasting  of 
every  kind,  shall  be  manufactured  by  the  International  Gun  Manu- 
facturing Company,  to  be  operated  by  the  International  Army,  and 
at  the  direction  of  the  International  Arbitration  Board  of  Lawmakers. 
What  powder  there  is  in  the  world  shall  be  turned  over  to  the 
International  Army,  and  the  powder  that  is  to  be  used  in  mining  or 
blasting  rock  or  stumps  or  any  other  kind  of  blasting  or  excavation, 
shall  be  made  by  and  delivered  from  the  International  Gun  Manufac- 
turing Company  to  the  mines  all  over  the  world,  and  all  mine 
workers  or  laborers  of  every  kind  or  any  other  person  shall  be  pro- 
hibited from  using  the  powder.  Only  the  International  soldiers  shall 
be  allowed  to  do  blasting  of  every  kind  in  mining  of  rock,  stumps  or 
any  kind  of  excavation  in  every  nation  or  nations  of  the  world,  and 
all  powders  so  used  shall  be  accounted  for  by  the  soldiers  that  do 
the  blasting  and  it  shall  be  a  crime  for  any  person  or  persons  to 
have  any  kind  of  explosive  powder  in  his  home  or  elsewhere,  the 
property  that  belongs  to  himself  or  someone  else.  Explosives  that 
shall  be  used  in  any  manner,  shape  or  form,  will  be  prohibited,  and 
it  shall  be  considered  a  crime  and  punishable  by  death,  to  own  same. 

(LAW  NUMBER  ELEVEN) 

The  International  Army  and  Navy  shall  have  three  million  sol- 
diers with  the  provision  that  this  number  can  be  increased  if  the 
necessity  should  ever  arise  for  a  larger  number  of  soldiers,  and  each 
nation  shall  furnish  its  portion  of  soldiers  in  equal  ratios  to  the 
population  of  each  nation,  and  each  nation  of  the  Avorld  shall  pay 
its  portion  of  the  expenses  of  its  soldiers  and  all  other  necessary 
expenses  to  maintain  the  International  Arbitration  Lawmakers  and 
law  capital  and  pay  the  portion  of  the  expenses  and  salary  of  its 
International  Board  of  Arbitration  Lawmakers,  and  the  soldiers  of 
the  International  Army  and  Navy  shall  be  paid  twenty  dollars  per 
month,  also  board -and  clothes,  and  all  International  soldiers  and 
marines  shall  serve  five  years  from  time  they  enlist,  then  they  may 
resign  if  they  wish,  but  they  may  enlist  for  another  five  years  if 

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they  so  choose  at  an  increase  in  pay  of  two  dollars  more  a  month 
or  twenty-two  dollars,  and  renew  again  the  next  five  years  if  they 
choose. 

(LAW  NUMBER  TWELVE) 

There  shall  be  a  Board  of  Arbitration  selected  in  every  nation 
and  each  nation  of  the  world  independent  of  the  International  Arbi- 
tration Board  of  Lawmakers,  and  the  Independent  Arbitration  Board 
shall  be  elected  in  each  nation  by  its  voters  and  include  seven  mem- 
bers for  each  nation  to  pass  on  the  so-called  labor  disputes  in  each 
nation,  but  each  member  elected  must  be  for  the  country  that  he  is 
elected  from,  and  those  seven  members  are  to  arbitrate  their  own 
country  or  nation's  own  disputes  on  labor  and  strikes  and  adjust 
their  difference  and  to  have  no  authority  outside  of  their  own  nation's 
affairs,  and  every  nation  of  the  world  is  to  have  this  same  number 
of  seven  arbiters  elected  by  a  popular  vote,  and  they  shall  be 
elected  for  life,  to  serve  for  three  thousand  dollars  a  year,  and  their 
power  shall  be  to  arbitrate  their  own  nation's  labor  disputes  such  as 
strikes  in  their  own  country  of  every  class,  to  settle  their  labor  dis- 
putes in  wages,  but  there  shall  be  a  law  in  force  in  every  nation  of 
the  world  for  each  government  to  have  an  Auditor  to  audit  every 
business  that  is  on  a  paying  basis. 

The  government  auditor  shall  be  appointed  by  the  government 
of  each  nation  and  shall  be  under  the  Civil  Service,  so  as  to  keep 
him  out  of  the  "political  graft."  The  Auditors  shall  make  a 
report  semi-annually  on  the  business  carried  on,  and  if  he  makes  a 
false  report  on  any  company's  business,  he  is  to  be  sent  to  prison, 
and  if  the  company  or  any  directors  of  a  company  influence  the 
Auditor  to  make  a  false  statement,  the  official  that  has  so  influenced 
the  Auditor  is  to  be  sent  to  prison  also.  In  this  way,  the  govern- 
ment will  get  honest  reports  on  the  earnings  of  every  company's 
business,  and  the  government  board  of  seven  Arbitrators  will  have 
a  clear  proposition  to  decide  the  labor  disputes  which  may  arise.  It 
should  also  be  a  law  that  the  companies  should  be  allowed  FIVE 
PER  CENT  interest  on  the  company's  reasonable  capital,  and  all 
net  earnings  above  five  per  cent  should  be  divided  on  a  basis  of 
thirty  per  cent  to  be  paid  as  a  bonus  to  the  laborers  employed  by 
that  company,  and  thirty  per  cent  to  be  paid  to  the  company  and 
the  other  forty  per  cent  to  be  paid  to  the  government ;  to  be  used 
in  paying  old  people  as  a  pension,  to  people  that  have  passed  the 
age  of  fifty-five  years  of  age — to  those  that  have  no  support  or 
in  come,  nor  property.  If  the  company  or  companies  are  not  earn- 
ing five  per  cent  clear  on  all  capital  invested,  the  laborer  cannot  get 
a  bonus  or  extra  pay,  and  the  company  cannot  pay  itself  any  extra 
bonus,  for  the  arbitration  board  can  decide  the  labor  disputes  quick 
on  the  real  merit  and  earning  value  to  both  sides — for  both  the 
employer  and  the  employee.  A  law  should  be  enacted  having  a 

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pension  fund  for  all  people  over  fifty-five  years  of  age :  those  who 
do  not  have  the  necessary  food  and  provisions  to  live  on,  and  that 
they  should  be  taken  from  the  laboring  market,  and  in  that  way  let 
the  younger  people  have  the  market.  There  will  be  better  condi- 
tions for  every  person  for  the  great  improvements  in  invention, 
there  has  to  come  about  such  a  thing  as  shorter  laboring  hours  in  a 
day,  but  for  the  same  pay,  in  order  for  every  person  to  live,  correctly. 
For  at  the  rate  the  world  is  moving  in  improvements  it  has  to  have 
shorter  days  for  the  same  pay  in  order  that  the  people  may  live 
properly.  No  one  but  a  HYPOCRITE  will  dare  to  deny  it. 

(LAW  NUMBER  THIRTEEN 

If  any  two  nations  that  adjoin  each  other  on  land  should  ever 
wish  to  purchase  any  adjoining  land  territory  from  one  another,  to 
better  the  conditions  for  the  people  of  the  two  nations  that  so  adjoin 
each  other ;  if  both  nations'  people  wish  to  buy  said  land  for  their 
nation,  then,  if  so  decided  upon  by  both  nations,  it  is  to  be  put  to  a 
popular  vote  of  both  nations  named. 

If  both  nations  cast  a  majority  of  votes  in  favor  of  the  sale  of 
a  certain  strip  of  land  territory  to  the  other  nation  and  voted  upon 
by  a  majority  of  its  people  in  favor  of  purchasing  the  territory  for 
a  said  fixed  sum  named  and  agreed  upon  before  voted  on,  then,  if 
both  nations  have  voted  a  clear  majority  of  votes  in  favor  of  the 
sale,  the  International  Arbitration  Board  of  Lawmakers  shall  vote 
on  the  sale  of  the  two  nations  named,  buying  nation  and  selling 
nation.  If  the  majority  of  the  votes  of  each  nation  is  of  a  recorded 
vote,  and  the  money  is  paid  for  the  land  territory  as  agreed  upon 
before  voting  the  same,  the  fixed  price  agreed  upon  before  voted  on, 
but  there  must  be  a  majority  of  the  popular  vote  in  favor  of  .the 
deal  to  make  it  lawful  in  both  nations  that  named  and  voted  on  the 
said  deal. 

(LA\Y  NUMBER  FOURTEEN) 

The  International  Army  and  Navy  shall  be  stationed  all  over 
the  world,  IN  EVERY  NATION  AND  NATIONS  OF  THE 
WORLD  to  protect  the  people  of  ever}'-  nation  and  every  nation 
and  to  prevent  any  uprising  anywhere,  or  any  insurrection,  riot, 
revolution  or  war  that  should  be  started  or  an  attempt  made  to 
start,  by  any  one,  and  that  person  or  persons  that  did  start  or 
attempted  to  start  a  war  shall  be  caught,  killed  or  executed  right 
on  the  spot  when  caught  in  such  unlawful  act.  The  International 
Board  of  Arbitration  Lawmakers  is  to  uphold  the  army  and  navy 
on  duty  to  execute  all  TRAITORS  who  dare  to  disobey  the  Inter- 
national ARBITRATION  world  laws. 

(LAW  NUMBER  FIFTEEN) 

In  case  any  Monarch  Government  wishes  to  change  its  form  of 
Government  to  a  Republic,  that  nation  must  have  a  majority  of  its 

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population  sign  a  Referendum  Petition,  lay  that  petition  before  the 
Lawmakers  of  their  government,  and  ask  that  their  demands  be 
granted.  Next  ask  for  a  government  approval,  and  if  the  govern- 
ment approves  of  their  demand,  they  are  to  adopt  the  by-laws  of 
whatever  kind  of  Republic  government  they  wish  to  have. 

When  that  is  complied  with,  the  people  are  to  call  a  general 
election  for  the  people  of  that  named  government  to  vote  on,  and 
the  people  that  are  born  citizens  of  the  government  named,  shall 
have  their  privilege  of  VOTING  on  the  laws  that  are  submitted  to 
them  for  their  approval.  If  the  majority  of  the  votes  of  the  people 
are  in  favor  of  it,  that  shall  be  their  form  of  government.  In  other 
words,  the  form  of  government  that  the  people  wish  they  shall  have, 
that  is.  either  Elective  or  Republic.  The  International  Board  of 
Arbitration  of  Lawmakers  shall  make  a  record  of  it,  and  approve 
that  form  of  Government,  but  after  that  republic  form  of  Govern- 
ment is  established  it  can  never  go  back  to  a  Monarch  government 
again.  When  the  people  of  that  government  establish  the  republic 
form  of  Government,  they  must  first  provide  a  pension  for  their 
former  Monarch  government  official,  such  as  the  King,  Queen  or 
Emperor  and  their  family  for  life. 

(LAW  NUMBER  SIXTEEN) 

The  laboring  class  is  the  class  that  always  has  to  go  to  war  to 
defend  the  country.  If  there  was  a  SOCIAL  AGREEMENT 
AMONG  ALL  LABORERS  of  the  world,  regardless  of  nationality 
or  religion,  REFUSING  TO  GO  TO  WAR  to  fight  against  other 
nations — people  whom  they  had  no  grudge  against  and  never  saw, 
that  should  demand  an  INTERNATIONAL  ARBITRATION 
BOARD  OF  LAWMAKERS  TO  BE  ELECTED  by  the  popular 
vote  of  each  nation  and  nations  of  the  world  to  be  represented 
therein.  They  should  settle  all  disputes  of  the  world  in  Interna- 
tional affairs.  If  this  was  done,  the  wars  would  come  to  an  end, 
and  there  would  never  be  any  such  thing  as  war.  Every  nation  of 
the  world  would  have  to  disarm,  and  every  nation  of  the  world 
would  have  to  belong  to  the  International  Army  and  Navy. 

The  International  Army  and  Navy  are  to  be  run  by  the  Inter- 
national Board  of  Arbitration  Lawmakers,  and  to  be  used  only  in 
case  that  any  nation  refuses  to  arbitrate  its  country's  disputes.  The 
leaders  of  that  nation  or  nations  that  have  refused  to  arbitrate  its 
country's  disputes  should  be  forced  into  war,  and  to  be  put  in  the 
front  ranks  of  the  first  of  the  battle,  and  to  be  forced  to  stay  there 
all  of  the  time.  Then,  they  would  be  very  willing  to  arbitrate  their 
country's  international  disputes,  to  the  equal  justice  of  all  concerned. 
Fn  that  way  only,  will  HONESTY  AND  JUSTICE  be  given  all  of 
the  people,  and  each  government  and  every  nation  of  the  world, 
then  will  the  veil  of  war  ever  be  lifted  from  the  soldiers,  widows 

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and  orphans,  and  BRING  THE  UPLIFT  OF  EVERY  NATION 
OF  THE  WORLD  TO  JUSTICE  AND  THE  MILLENNIUM 
OF  PEACE. 


Author. 


OlxAx^ 


3726  */2    Maple   Avenue,    Los    Angeles,    California. 

Copyright,  1917,  by  JAME  MICHAEL  CORDRAY,  Owner. 

Copyright  registered,  1917,  at  Washington,  D.  C. 


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OOTT 

MAY  31  1917 


PEACE! 


PHOTOGRAPH  OF  JAMES  MICHAEL  CORDRAY 
The  Author  of  the  Peace  Song,   "Why  Do  You  Ask  Others  to   Do 


What  You  Will  Not  Do?" 
(Copyright  1917  by  James  Michael  Cordray) 


PEACE  SONG  ENTITLED 

"O   WHY   DO   YOU   ASK   OTHERS   TO    DO   WHAT   YOU 

WILL  NOT  DO? 

O  why  do  you  ask  others  to  go  to  war  when  you  will  not  go  yourself? 
Rack  up  your  words  by  your  deeds  if  you  would  be  true  to  what  you 

preached, 

War  for  honor  in  place  of  peace  for  honor, 
Otherwise  you  are  not  true  to  your  words. 

(Chorus) 

O  why  do  you  ask  others  to  do  what  you  will  not  do? 
Long  wave  the  peace  flag  that  represents  liberty 
And  peace  for  all  nations  of  the  world  alike,  in  place  of  war. 
O  why  do  you  ask  others  to  do  what  you  will  not  do? 

If   you    do   believe   in   war   why   do  you  ask  others  to  go? 
Why   don't  you  go  to  the   front   and   prove  to  the  world  that  your 
words  is  backed  up  by  your  deeds? 

(Chorus) 

O  why  do  you  ask  others  to  do  what  you  will  not  do? 

Long  wave   the  peace  flag  that  represent  liberty  and   peace   for  all 

nations  of  the  world  alike,  in  place  of  war. 
O  why  do  you  ask  others  to  do  what  you  will  not  do? 

Why  don't  you  remember  that  every  person  and  soldier  that  is  at  war 
Has  a  mother,  \vife  and  children  that  weep  with  a  broken  heart  for 

them 
As  well  as  you  mourn  for  your  lost  ones. 

(Chorus) 

O  why  do  you  ask  others  to  do  what  you  will  not  do? 

Long  wave  the  peace  flag  that  represent  liberty  and   peace  for  all 

nations  of  the  world  alike,  in  place  of  war. 
O  why  do  you  ask  others  to  do  what  you  will  not  do? 

Why  don't  you  prove  to  the  world  that  you  are  a  true  patriot, 

By  working  as  hard  in  the  future  for  liberty  and  peace  for  all  the 

nations  of  the  world  alike  as  you  worked  for  war  in  the  past? 
Then  you  will  be  a  true  patriot  to  all  the  world. 

(Chorus) 

O  why  do  you  ask  others  to  do  what  you  will  not  do? 

Long  wave  the  peace  flag  that  represents   liberty   and   peace   for    all 

nations  of  the  world  alike  in  place  of  war. 
Work  for  peace  in  place  of  war,  then  you  will  be  a  true  patriot  to  all 

the  world. 

O  why  do  you  ask  others  to  do  what  you  will  not  do? 
O  why  do  you  ask  others  to  do  what  you  will  not  do? 


Author  of  this  peace  song.  His  address  is  3726^  Maple  Avenue,  Los 
Angeles,  California,  U.  S.  A. 

(Copyright  1917  by  James  Michael  Cordray  of  3726^  Maple  Avenue, 
Los  Angeles,  California,  U.  S.  A.  Copyright  registered  in  the 
United  States  Copyright  Office,  Washington,  D.  C. 


csrrr 

MAY  £1  1917 


The  Prophecy  of  the  War 

That  has  come  true  as  foretold  by  James  Michael 

Cordray,  which  he  had  published  in  the 

Harrington  Journal,  Sept,  25, 1914 


TP~R~A  . 

,, 


3726  Maple  Ave.,  Los  Angeles,  Calif. 
August  7,  1914. 
Mr.  Bradshaw, 

Managing  Editor  of  the  Harrington  Journal, 

Harrington,  Delaware. 
Dear  Sir: 

I  am  sending  a  letter  to  you  to  be  published  in  the  Harrington 
Journal,  Harrington,  Delaware.  September  25,  1914. 

The  cause  of  war  and  unrest  in  Europe.  If  I  was  asked  what 
caused  the  war  and  unrest  in  Europe  and  Asia  my  answer  would 
be,  that  a  Servian  had  murdered  the  Crown  Prince  of  Austria  and 
his  wife. 

And  Austria  had  demanded  Servian  territory  for  the  loss  of  the 
Crown  Prince,  the  Servians  denied  this  request.  Austria  then  de- 
clared war  on  Servia,  then  Russia  stood  by  Servia  as  an  ally,  then 
Germany  stood  ready  to  back  Austria  in  her  demand  against  Servia. 

Then  England  stood  by  Belgium  to  protect  her  against  invasion 
by  Germany,  also  England  an  alliance  of  France  declared  war  on 
Germany,  then  Japan  declared  war  against  Germany  to  uphold  her 
agreement  with  England  and  it  would  not  be  surprising  to  me  if 
Italy  and  Turkey  is  in  the  war  before  it  is  over. 

And  now  there  are  eight  Powers  at  war,  seven  Monarch  govern- 
ments and  one  Republic  government,  but  there  js  a  deeper  question 
and  motive  behind  this  war  than  the  surface  has  shown — the  greed  of 
the  commercial  dollar,  either  territory  or  gold. 

And  all  eight  of  these  Governments  and  Powers  have  asked  and 
prayed  to  the  same  God  to  help  them  win  in  this  war,  each  one 
claiming  that  their  Government  is  in  the  right. 

It  seems  inconceivable  to  think  that  any  one  of  these  powrers 
could  expect  God  to  decide  in  their  favor,  for  it  could  not  be  done 
for  God  has  nothing  to  do  with  Governments  going  to  war,  for  if 
they  had  listened  to  God's  teachings  there  would  never  be  any  war. 

Therefore  if  these  same  leaders  of  these  warring  powers  would 
be  willing  to  arbitrate  their  differences,  this  war  could  soon  be  settled 
without  the  murdering  of  millions  of  hard  working  people  that  never 
had  a  word  to  say  whether  the  war  could  be  settled  or  not  through 
arbitration,  for  only  the  higher  leaders  of  the  warring  countries 
had  the  say. 

But  it  will  not  always  be  that  way,  as  all  differences  should  be 
settled  by  arbitration,  for  it  can  be  done  and  will  be  done  if  the 
people  will  only  demand  honesty  and  justice  to  all. 

For  the  arbitration  board  is  the  only  remedy,  otherwise  if  the 
war  is  not  settled  quick  it  will  not  make  any  difference  which  side 


wins  there  will  be  revolutions  to  follow  in  these  countries  on  account 
of  the  heavy  war  debt  and  the  dissatisfaction  of  their  governments, 
for  perhaps  there  will  be  two  or  five  republican  forms  of  govern- 
ment where  there  is  Monarch  Government  at  the  present  time. 

We  need  not  go  any  farther  than  our  own  Government,  the 
United  States,  for  the  same  example.  The  Monroe  Doctrine  which  was 
signed  between  the  United  States  and  Europe,  and  the  Hays  and 
INmceforte  treaty  which  was  signed  between  the  United  States,  Eng- 
land and  Europe,  should  be  lived  up  to.  But  we  had  two  Presidents, 
Taft  and  Roosevelt,  and  other  people  ready  to  disagree  on  this  Pan- 
ama Canal  treaty  which  gave  each  country  the  same  rights,  yet  the 
greed  of  the  commercial  dollar  almost  caused  this  treaty  to  be 
disregarded. 

But  for  the  wise  head  of  our  Government  led  by  President  Wil- 
son, who  stood  by  the  treaty  obligations  signed  by  this  former  Presi- 
dent, and  had  the  Panama  exempt  clause  of  the  bill  repealed,  we 
would  be  in  the  same  condition  today  that  Europe  is  in. 

The  whole  of  Europe  and  perhaps  Japan  and  Mexico  would 
be  at  war  with  the  United  States  now  if  we  had  not  lived  up  to  our 
treaty  obligations,  for  if  a  Nation  does  not  intend  to  live  up  to  its 
treaty  obligations  it  should  never  sign  them. 

For  honesty  is  all  the  whole  world  can  stand  on,  although  dis- 
honesty may  win  for  a  while  but  in  the  end  it  brings  destruction  and 
ruin  ;  honesty  sometimes  seems  a  long  road  to  justice  but  in  the  end 
it  always  wins,  and  brings  peace  and  justice. 

All  wars  can  be  settled  by  arbitration  if  the  leaders  of  the 
Government  and  the  persons  that  cause  the  wars  will  arbitrate  their 
differences  for  equal  justice  to  all  concerned. 

The  war  of  1861  between  the  North  .and  South  could  have 
been  settled  by  arbitration  if  cooler  heads  and  judgment  had  pre- 
vailed at  that  time,  and  saved  hundreds  of  thousand  of  lives  and 
billions  of  dollars. 

Yet,  my  father  went  as  a  volunteer  from  Delaware  as  a  Union 
soldier  and  millions  of  others  from  that  state  and  other  states  went 
to  defend  that  flag  and  to  preserve  the  union  so  that  the  flag  that 
our  forefathers  fought  for  should  still  wave  as  the  flag  of  justice  and 
equal  rights  to  all. 

There  does  not  seem  to  be  any  remedy  for  compulsory  arbitra- 
tion except  through  a  social  agreement  among  all  laborers  in  every 
country  of  the  world  regardless  of  nationality  or  religion  demanding 
it  and  relusing  to  fight. 

If  that  was  done  the  wars  would  soon  cease,  then  all  nations 
would  have  to  disarm  and  if  every  nation  belonged  to  an  Interna- 


tional  Army  an4  Navy,  that  International  Army  and  Navy  to  be  run 
by  an  international  board  of  arbitration  and  to  be  used  only  in  case 
of  any  nation  that  refused  to  arbitrate  its  differences,  the  leaders 
of  that  nation  that  refused  to  arbitrate  their  differences  they  to  be 
put  in  the  front  ranks  of  the  first  battle  to  receive  the  benefit  of  the 
first  shots,  they  would  be  very  willing  to  arbitrate  their  differences 
then  to  the  equal  justice  to  all  concerned. 

In  that  way  only  will  honesty  and  justice  be  to  all  the  public 
and  each  government,  and  then  will  war  slavery  be  lifted  from  the 
soldier,  the  widow,  and  the  orphans,  the  rifle  will  become  dross, 
the  sword  turned  into  plowshares,  the  pen  will  be  greater  than 
the  sword. 


Author. 

3726  Maple  Ave.,  Los  Angeles,  California,  August  7,  1914. 

This  letter  was  published  in  the  Harrington  Journal,  at  Harring- 
ton, Delaware,  September  25,  1914,  at  the  request  of  James  M. 
Cordray,  the  author,  whose  address  is  at  3726-3726^  Maple  Ave., 
Los  Angeles,  California,  United  States  of  America. 

Copyright,  1914,  by  James  M.  Cordray,  the  owner,  3726  Maple 
Ave.,  Los  Angeles,  California,  United  States  of  America. 


Bros. 

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